William opened the wine with the wine opener, poured half a bottle into the wine decanter, and took the two glasses and the wine decanter to the sofa next to Pierre and sat down.

He smiled and said, "You are a connoisseur, how about you taste this wine."

"No problem", Pierre took the decanter and looked at the light, "The color looks very good, but unfortunately the opening time is too short, and if you want to really taste the wine, you have to wait for a while".

"It's okay, we have time", William knew when he woke up, and while they waited, the two chatted about the interesting things about Château Chantilly.

Ten minutes later, the time for decanting wine has not yet arrived, Pierre, who couldn't wait, swallowed saliva and couldn't resist the temptation of good wine, picked up the decanter and poured himself some red wine, drank a few sips slowly, and said with an intoxicated expression on his face, "It is worthy of being the best vintage wine, every time you drink it, you can experience a different feeling, thank you."

"You're welcome, if you like, I'll give you a box when you leave," William laughed.

"Thank you", shaking his head, Pierre said regretfully, "Next time, I don't dare to accept expensive gifts from you before this transaction, in case we find out, we will be in trouble."

As soon as he heard this, William reacted that it was true that Pierre could not be given valuables during the transaction, "Well, next time at the Château de Chantilly, I will invite you to drink Latour 82".

"Haha, that's it", William said this, which made Pierre very happy and relieved, "Mr. Devon Hill, with your connections, you probably already know what happened to our bank,

So I'll just say something," said Pierre, putting down his glass, with a serious expression, "We need your financial help to survive the worst crisis of confidence that the Banque de France has faced since its founding a hundred years ago."

"It's okay if you want me to help you, but what can I get?" said William calmly,

It is impossible to ask him to help for nothing, and even if William is willing to do this, the people at the Banque de France may still mumble in their hearts whether he has ulterior motives in doing so.

Pierre clenched his fists with both hands, thought for a moment and said, "Château Chantilly will sell you for 3.5 billion dollars."

"NO, NO, Pierre, I can help you, but that doesn't mean that I will lose my own interests to help you in vain,

We all know how much Château Chantilly is worth, and I need real, visible benefits, or white spots", William snapped with two fingers

"I understand," Pierre nodded helplessly, now they are begging William, not William begging them, there are still people in the world who buy Château Chantilly, but they will be interested in Château Chantilly, and only William will offer.

And they also want to use William's reputation to offset the negative news as much as possible, "so if you can agree with our offer for the castle, we will issue you an additional 5% stake in the Banque de France, and you will only have to pay $1.5 billion".

"Hehe, so you've taken the $5 billion I deposited in your bank as meat in your mouth?"

Pierre spread his hands and shrugged, "You know, any possible funds are the most precious in our eyes right now, and whoever dares to give up will not be fired by the board of directors the next day".

1.5 billion to take 5% of the shares, William calculated in his heart, so Pierre and they set the valuation of the Banque de France at a low price of $30 billion, which is more than half of their current market value of $70 billion.

It seems that the situation is even more grim than imagined, but when I think about it, during this period of stock market crash, all banks were already having a hard time, and now they have lost one-tenth of their market value in cash, and if they are not handled well, the Banque de France is even at risk of bankruptcy.

Otherwise, even if the news of the bank's big loss of 7 billion yuan breaks out and the stock price plummets, no one will directly cut half of the market value to find someone to help.

But it's a good thing for William, "Can I get into the Sensible Society?"

"Of course", Pierre nodded hurriedly, "a private person holding 5% of the shares is already the fourth largest shareholder of our bank, and of course has the right to be on the board of directors,

And we'd love to hear from you, because your track record in the stock market is exactly what we need."

"Very well, I'll think about it."

Being on the board of directors would secure William's position at the bank and give him the opportunity to reach within the bank.

At his stage, money is no longer what he values most, but status and prestige are.

This is also the conspiracy used by the Bank of France, they know that William is not short of money, what he lacks is heritage.

The only pity is that it may take time for this money to return to its original cost, but William has not taken the cash of only $1.5 billion to heart, and it is not impossible to make the stock price recover.

"OK, happy cooperation", this kind of thing doesn't need to be thought about much, William only thought for ten seconds before agreeing.

"Thank you", Pierre stood up excitedly, holding William's hand tightly, "Thank you very much, Mr. Devon Hill".

"Don't be too happy, Pierre, whether the French authorities will approve you to sell the Château de Chantilly is still a matter of two words," William said calmly,

"But now that the decision has been made, I will authorize the $5 billion to you, but there is a premise, if the official finally rejects the sale and purchase of the castle, then the $5 billion will be converted into 18% of your bank's shares to compensate for my losses."

"This, this", Pierre hesitated, "God, you have a great appetite".

Bowing his head and pondering for a moment, Pierre shook his head regretfully and said, "Give you 18% of the shares, not to mention that the board of directors of the bank will not agree, I think the official would rather sell the castle to you as a whole than approve this agreement."

"What if I can help you settle some of your losses?"

Thinking of Amir Bakawi, who has been calculating these days, William is still confident in helping the Banque de France make some money from the stock market.

He didn't play in person because Aamir Bakawi put the location of the attack in London, and William wanted to live comfortably in England.

But there is always a solution to the matter, the stock price of the Bank of France will plummet because they have lost money in the stock market, as long as they can earn back a large amount of money, the market value will not say that it will return to the peak of 70 billion, and five or six billion can still be guaranteed.

As long as he can invest in the bank at the price of $30 billion, the market value of the bank is to help William make money for himself, and it is legitimate and legal to make money.

So William smiled and said, "Don't dare to say anything else, I am confident that I can help you recover at least half of your losses in the stock market."

"What?"

Pierre froze, but think about their bank's pull William into the board of directors, not what they value is William's past performance in the stock market, and expect William to lead them out of the predicament.

Now there is no need for him to mention this, William took the initiative, which made Pierre not surprised, how unhappy, grasped William's arm and said excitedly, "Are you serious?